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Best Poems Written by Robyn Blauw

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Friendship

In the stillness of the night
Not a whisper anywhere
There came down a feather
So much lighter than air

In the stardust of darkness
The light from the moon
My hand reaches out
It’s never too soon

The contact is made there
A feather and skin
The weight is so nothing
It’s almost like sin

What meaning a feather
In the dark of the night
It floated towards me
No bird in my sight

My hand just relaxes
I gaze there within
A tiny white feather
Made soft and so thin

I close up my palm now
And feel the life there
The feather from darkness
A place with no care


And all right around me
The peace of the night
The magic of being
In this time of life

Take what I have here
Ill share it with you
The magic of friendship
The feather of truth.

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Thoughts

The beach this morn was wonderful
The waves came thrashing down
They were wild and white and foaming
And their voices thundered round

A lonely figure walked the sand
Her head bent down and sad
And if you were up closer
You could see the tears where out

The sky was dark and cloudy
The rain was falling light
The wind was napping somewhere
And the water felt like ice

I watched that figure walking
With a black dog by her side
A memory in me stirred somewhere
Of times that where not right

She pulled her jacket closer
As if to shut it out
The thoughts that did invade her
Or memories that did shout

And all the times the waves came in
They didn’t ever change
They licked her feet and washed them
And then went out again.

As I sat there and I watched her
That figure all alone
I wondered if she registered
The lack of sun that shone

The day seemed very fitting
For one so sad as she
The misty rain, the dampened air
The water round her feet. 

I wondered as I watched her
From whence her thoughts did come
Had someone precious died here
Or had a love undone

She didn’t even see me
Her thoughts so far away
I think if there where people here
She maybe wouldn’t stay

There was nothing I could do here
Her thoughts where all her own
I felt she needed solitude
And time to mull the groan

I stood there, and I left then
A lonely figure, I
I pulled my jacket round me
My black dog by my side.

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Paper

I was like a piece of paper
I was smooth and crumple free
And then a man did pick me out
And scribbled over me.

And then when he had done his work
He took me in his hand
He crushed that piece of paper, me
I didn’t stand a chance

Then came a day that he did think
He wasn’t maybe done
He took that paper out the bin
And smoothed it out again.

He didn’t see the scribble there
And again he took his pen
He scribbled more and made a mess
And crumbled me again.

Some time did past and then one day
Another time was found
The man who picked it out this time
Was angry and astray

He took that piece of paper, me
And again it was smoothed out
He saw that there was scribble there
But didn’t take a count

I had some wine that split on me
I had some crackers too
I wasn’t what he want me be
And nearly tore in two

He wrote some angry words on me
And vented for release
And then I found me once again
Just thrown on a heap

Now I sit here mighty soiled
With lots of marks on me
And I don’t care just anymore
For those who don’t want me.

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False Friends

There are friends that say
They think of you
And friends that say they care
Those friends that you just find sometimes

The ones that say they share
Those friends they take some part of you
And make you think they’re there
Those friends I need to break down walls
Of mistrust and despair

I need them as a life line
To feel something inside
Too often in this lifetime
I’ve felt my being die.

I find it hard to trust some 
It’s not a choice for me
I’m looking for some bridges
To help my life be free

I chat here and I wonder
Maybe you’ll hold the key
Maybe I’ll learn to trust one
That’s all I want for me

Too often I’ve been let down
By those that say they care
I’ve given heart and soul to one
And now I just don’t dare.

Deep inside by being cries
With love I what to share
But first I really need to learn
Once more I need to care.

I look around and sometimes find
Someone with whom to chat
Someone that I do hope will find
The key to where I’m at.

It’s not a lot I want from them
Not looking for a mate
I don’t want love or mighty lies
Just needing to relate

Your just another one there now
Who really doesn’t care
You make me feel like shutting down
The world that is out there

I’m feeling so alone within
This life a mystery
Of names and lies and playing games
No substance to your being

I’m leaving now, not saying bye
We hardly said hello
I’ll find the peace that I do need
And live once more tomorrow.

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The 23rd of March

Thirty two years ago 
I was married on this day
It should have been forever
Things shouldn’t be this way

That love I had is dead now
I feel so much alone
There is no-one here to comfort me
No heart, so soul, just stone

I always thought we’d be together
I never thought we’d end
There’s so much love I had for you
My heart may never mend

My life has much more quality
More than I’ve ever known
But still this heart inside of me
Yearns for a love unknown

The lonely days and lonely nights
Don’t make up for lost time
But still I have this trouble 
Of trusting one for mine

I listen to the lives of some
There’ve had just so much fun
And I realize with a start in me
That mine was never done

There’s very few times to talk about
Of love and fun we shared
It always seems when I look back
We worked and never cared

We never dined, never went out
There was never a rose just given
There was never a time that I recall
A present just for living

It’s the 23rd and here I sit
Alone with memories
Of dreams I had so long ago
When I did marry thee.

My world back then was full of love
Full of happy thoughts
I felt back then that life would be
So full of love and sorts

For thirty years we were as one
Many a year too long
It’s over now, and I can say
I sing some lonely songs

I wish you well in all you do
And wish you harmony
I hope one day that you will find
A happiness that’s free.

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The Night Visitor

I woke up at twelve
In the middle of the night
All right around me
The strangest of lights

I went to the window
And there just outside
A man was there looking
A wink in his eye

He beckoned me forward
I walked in a spell
No sense of some danger
No fear I could tell

The wind seemed to pick up
Am swept off my feet
Am carried along now
With clouds for a seat

My life in a trance now,
My body weighs nought
The stars that are shining
Beam out like a torch

The glitter of stardust 
With a life of its own
Lights up the night sky
I’m not here alone

Slowly so gently
The wind gives a puff
I land in the curl
Of a shiny white cuff

I lift up my head now
And there right above
That man with the wink
A smile that shows love

I sit there in wonder
I’m safe and cocooned
I call out my greeting
“Hello Mr. Moon”

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Shackles

SHACKLES

The loneliness wraps around me
Shackles me with its weight
My blood runs cold within me
I fight to stay afloat
The black dark clouds, they chase me
And try to take my soul
The tears flow freely from me
And I feel I lose control

In all the worlds emotions
This is the hardest one
For me to shake each morning
When I feel I want be done
The hours of night do leave me
And early morning calls
Memories they do haunt me
And my world sits still for all

The being that is in me
Is crying to be found
The feelings of denial
They hang onto their ground
The snakes of darkness strike me
And fill me with their fire
Their poison seeps within me
And makes my body cry

The sun outside is sleeping
In my half of the world
And deep within me stays there
I never hear it call.
One day Ill go and find it
Wherever it may be
In this world or the next one
Ill feel it shine on me

The emotions that are in me
They rage and ramp and fall
They crush my being beneath me
And never know your call
That dark black hole is yonder
Is lonely just like me
We may find  peace together
And earth can blanket me

Oh god, this lonely rotten heart
It feels intensively
So much pain it harbours there
Why can’t I just be free
I want to be away from here
And step outside of me
If only that were possible
Just like a break at sea

Its alright now, I’m calming
I know what this does mean
I know that deep inside of me
I’ve lived a thousand beings
Another life, if I should leave
Is just another dream
Another wasted life to me
To live emotionally.

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I Am, I Am

I can’t believe the words your written
What makes you think your smart
How dare you judge this life of mine
Was straight right from the start

I never was to meet you
What is it that you think
This is just my chat line
I’m not desperate as you think

If you think you’ve got me figured
I’ll tell you that your wrong
You need to walk a mile as me
Before you sing my song

Don’t tell me about the 90%
Don’t judge me by your rules
I will be me, and always me
Not someone else’s fool.

You think you know about me
I wish I knew the same
You’ve never even met me
You only know my name. 

You’ve hurt me with your judgment
With your “think about it” tone
I thought I had a chat mate
But I’m wrong, I stand alone.

We flirted and we had some fun
And lots of time we passed
With jokes and stories 
And things gone wrong
And travels in the past

But now I want to sit right back
And close those lines again
Those tentative lines that I let out
To reach the land of song

I just feel so let down again
By judgment from your kind
You seem to think my world is free
I tell you I need time

My being is a big dark place
Too sensitive I may be
I struggle with my very life
To feel my soul be free

I used to trust the whole wide world
All roses I did see
But I’ve learnt it’s full a big sharp thorns
That rip the flesh off me

I’m going now, for what its worth
I did enjoy our chats
Got things to do and places to go
And find out were I’m at.

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She Wolf

The cornered animal lingers
She’s deep within her cave
Her hide and spirit broken
By hunters out to slay

A once proud and free animal
Now cringes here in fright
She has no fight left in her
And howls throughout the night

Her hide is all in tatters
Her spirit no more free
The hunters close in round her
Her instinct is to flee

She feels them move in closer
She doesn’t want to die
The nerves within her shaken
Her heart still full of pride

She’s hurting and confined there
The blood oozing from her wounds
There ‘s no help at all round her
She knows the threatened doom

The hunters move in closer
She won’t die by their hands
She sees some light between them
And runs for all she can

She reaches out the cave now
She’s hurt and beaten through
The blood is running freely
The hunters in pursuit

She knows the end is near then
She has just no more strength
Ahead she sees a cliff face
Her chance this life to end

It takes her all she’s got left
She runs towards the cliffs
She takes a flying leap there
And finally feels she’s free

The hunters reach the cliff edge
And still they throw their spears
She feels one rip into her
They couldn’t let her be!!

Her body in a heap now
Below on rocks and stones
It’s broken up and battered
No life, no love, alone

The Spirit of that body
Now rises from those bones
It sets off to the sunset
To find another home

What of the body left there
What is it all about
The hurts and pain it suffered
Left it only one way out.

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Goodbye Ziggy

He was the last, and now his gone
His body lies beneath the ground
No longer here for me to love
No longer can I will him stay

He was the last of a long long line
Of pets I’ve had since the beginning of time
He was the last, and I miss him
No tail that wags, no welcoming din

The black blanket of night
Is all around me
I can’t sleep with the memories
I can’t feel just any one thing

My head is still aching
From days of unrest
And my body is shaking
From memories at best

Fourteen years I loved that dog
My marriage gone and children grown
He stayed with me with heart and soul
Him and me is what I know

Its hard you know, when I come home
Not to hear his welcoming sounds
Not to have him at my side
No ear to scratch in the dark of night

I wanted him so much to stay
I didn’t want to face this day
I know some time we’ll meet again
When I’m through this earthly thing

There is only one thing left to say
And that is Goodbye Ziggy babe
I loved you then, I love you now
I miss you more than you will know